TY - JOUR
T1 - Social networks, health promoting-behavior, and health-related quality of life in older Korean adults
AU - Hong, Minjoo
AU - De Gagne, Jennie C.
AU - Shin, Hyewon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - In this cross-sectional, descriptive study, we compared the sociodemographic characteristics, social networks, health-promoting behavior, and the health-related quality of life of older Korean adults living in South Korea to those of older Korean adult immigrants living in the USA. A total of 354 older adults, aged 65 years or older, participated. Data were collected through self-directed questionnaires, and analyzed using a two way analysis of variance, t-tests, χ2-tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The association between four sociodemographic characteristics and health-related quality of life was significantly different between the two groups. For the older Korean adults living in South Korea, positive correlations existed between a measure of their social networks and both health-promoting behavior and health-related quality of life. For the older Korean immigrants, the findings revealed a positive correlation only between social networks and health-promoting behavior. The study findings support the important association social networks can have with health-related quality of life, and their possible relationship to health-promoting behaviors of older Korean adults. We suggest that health policy-makers and healthcare providers develop comprehensive programs that are designed to improve older adults’ social networks.
AB - In this cross-sectional, descriptive study, we compared the sociodemographic characteristics, social networks, health-promoting behavior, and the health-related quality of life of older Korean adults living in South Korea to those of older Korean adult immigrants living in the USA. A total of 354 older adults, aged 65 years or older, participated. Data were collected through self-directed questionnaires, and analyzed using a two way analysis of variance, t-tests, χ2-tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The association between four sociodemographic characteristics and health-related quality of life was significantly different between the two groups. For the older Korean adults living in South Korea, positive correlations existed between a measure of their social networks and both health-promoting behavior and health-related quality of life. For the older Korean immigrants, the findings revealed a positive correlation only between social networks and health-promoting behavior. The study findings support the important association social networks can have with health-related quality of life, and their possible relationship to health-promoting behaviors of older Korean adults. We suggest that health policy-makers and healthcare providers develop comprehensive programs that are designed to improve older adults’ social networks.
KW - Health-promoting behavior
KW - health-related quality of life
KW - older adult
KW - social networks
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U2 - 10.1111/nhs.12390
DO - 10.1111/nhs.12390
M3 - Article
C2 - 29178182
AN - SCOPUS:85042906969
SN - 1441-0745
VL - 20
SP - 79
EP - 88
JO - Nursing and Health Sciences
JF - Nursing and Health Sciences
IS - 1
ER -